“It seemed like last game when we got one, we got four,” said Conor Sheary. “I don’t know if that’s the killer instinct, but we know how to win this time of year.”

Regarding Hornqvist, Dominik Simon will draw in for the crazy Viking. Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan, of course, offered praise of Simon’s game.

“He’s got great offensive instincts. He’s good in traffic. For a guy who’s not overly big, he’s strong on the puck. We expect him to play his game and have fun doing it,” said Sullivan.

11:15 a.m.: The Philadelphia Flyers locker room and the promotional t-shirts shared a common theme: Defiance. The question about Sean Couturier’s status hung over everything but the Flyers rejected it. The Flyers made a Stanley Cup run eight years ago without Jeff Carter.

The Flyers locker room was well aware of their past success despite injury adversity.

“I remember the year we want to the Cup, Simon Gagne and Jeff Carter were out. That was a good time for guys to step up. A great example was Ville Leino. He came to our team, he didn’t play a lot of games before the playoffs started, and he was on our top line,” said Claude Giroux.

Giroux is either a good actor or the players have not yet been informed of Couturier’s status.

“I’m not sure yet. I know as much as you guys right now,” Giroux quipped.